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My Blueberry Nights
2007
Romance, Drama
1h 35m
A young woman (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way. (imdb)
Directed by:
Kar-Wai WongMy Blueberry Nights
2007
Romance, Drama
1h 35m
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Rated 15 Aug 2009
7
70th
What a wonderful surprise! The story is bland, but honestly - who cares? With such careful framing (especially the technique of blocking off 50-75% of the frame), interesting depth of field variations and beautiful colours, "My Blueberry Nights" is easily as breathtakingly visually as Wais earlier work. And with this director it's obviously all about mood, art and poetry.
Rated 15 Aug 2009
Rated 19 Nov 2008
55
40th
lacks both the visual intensity and heartstopping poetry of Wais earlier work... Too many forgettable characters, overblown performances and clumsy dialouges makes this merely an interesting, mildly entertaining and highly coloured road movie
Rated 19 Nov 2008
Rated 28 May 2008
55
25th
For all of the flak she's gotten, Norah Jones probably gave the least crummy performance in this film. Not that she was particularly good, it's just that everyone else who's normally quite good seemed a bit off. There's a scene where Natalie Portman character says something about her rhythm being off during a poker game, and that's how this film felt--like its rhythm was off. The overuse of slow shutter speed and repetitive music was kind of annoying. I didn't hate it, just felt underwhelmed
Rated 28 May 2008
Rated 31 Mar 2012
20
3rd
This director's gentle and impressionistic style is admired by many as cool and beautiful, but his work has never appealed much to this viewer. In this case, the weaknesses are more transparent than ever: banal, insipid dialogue, thin characters, and worst of all, pervaded by a try-hard sense of romance and wisdom that comes across as less than genuine. Even the cinematography seemed gimmicky.
Rated 31 Mar 2012
Rated 16 Dec 2009
96
95th
This movie is so beautiful, that it leaves me breathless behind the screen for moments. It is the right decision for those cold and cozy winter afternoons, when your heart yearns for melancholic tender loving care. Just wonderful in any way.
Rated 16 Dec 2009
Rated 12 Aug 2009
3
74th
Not very exiting. The main character is paper-thin, and the dialogue is very banal. Also Doyle is sorely missed, as it looks a bit too glossy and polished, and the cinematographer hasn't got the same ability to find interesting angles either. Like sugar coated ice cream, you can only take so much of this.
Rated 12 Aug 2009
Rated 26 Jul 2009
84
88th
Not the same the pinnacle of his masterpiece "In The Mood For Love" reached but WKW did very well again. Another romantic road in search of love. Final scene was great btw.
Rated 26 Jul 2009
Rated 18 Jul 2009
89
91st
blue, blue, blue. this movie is blue and makes me blue. surprisingly good performance from Norah Jones.
Rated 18 Jul 2009
Rated 17 Apr 2009
60
41st
Some similarities from his older movies (Chungking Express and In the Mood for Love) and his well known style, this movie does not offer more but it's a good one.
Rated 17 Apr 2009
Rated 21 Mar 2009
4
9th
Watch this at 2x speed to get rid of those artsy slow-shutter-speed sequences.
Rated 21 Mar 2009
Rated 27 Jul 2008
69
37th
It looks and sort of feels like a Wong Kar Wai film, but its missing something. It lacks the spark of his earlier work or the sensuality of his later stuff.
Rated 27 Jul 2008
Rated 18 Jun 2008
81
73rd
I have a soft spot for WKW. Looks great on a non-WKW scale and Jones does well without prior experience. Even Portman was tolerable this time.
Rated 18 Jun 2008
Rated 26 May 2008
85
81st
Not consistently great, but quite good and visually splendid. The overarching story is pretty conventional and the film is slow to get going, but once it does it's pretty interesting and the actors do a great job, though the accents do stand out. The mood is really what makes the film work and there's just something genuinely moving about the whole thing.
Rated 26 May 2008
Rated 30 Apr 2008
65
85th
A very un-Western film with Western actors. Sweet, sad and strange, even once you are over the culture shock. Retains Wong Kar Wai's peculiar visual style, which is excellent here, and perfect for the bar scenes. The acting and the script are somewhat sketchy. Suspending disbelief over Jones and Portman's characters is hard. And perhaps the film on a whole is too banal, or un-Westernly un-cynical, or maybe it being set in America breaks the spell at times. For all that, I'd still recommend it.
Rated 30 Apr 2008
Rated 05 Mar 2008
75
72nd
Has lots of great and beautiful scenes where WKW manages to set the mood perfectly. Unfortunately it also has some pretty bad ones too. I liked the first part of the film but the whole poker player plot didn't work for me.
Rated 05 Mar 2008
Rated 19 Feb 2008
55
52nd
I was quite surprised how American Wai's first voyage aboard turned out. The storytelling style is an artifact of 90ies, maybe 80ies, we know the story all along. Also seen every lighting and angle it was shoot at. But with the ace quality performances I was willing to get lost in it and at least enjoy it throughly.
Rated 19 Feb 2008
Rated 21 Jan 2008
81
73rd
stylisticly perfect yet slightly disappointing
Rated 21 Jan 2008
Rated 12 Dec 2007
66
40th
This being my first Wong Kar Wai I was pretty amazed by it's style: The blurry camera and the colourful neon-lights. But these techniques all seems some kind of random to me. As was the casting of Norah Jones. Putting her up to Rachel Weisz and Natalie Portman is just cruel, she had no shot keeping up with those performances. ... But the music, the style and a first impression of WKW's talent make this movie worth your while.
Rated 12 Dec 2007
Rated 29 Feb 2024
56
16th
Surprisingly uninteresting from Wong Kar-Wai. Not totally terrible or anything, but he doesn't really feel like he has his usual grasp on the material and the story didn't really grip me. The slo mo framerate stuff is unnecessary and I actually stopped the movie at one point to see if something was wrong with my internet or the site I was watching on because it seemed pointless and random. Just middling.
Rated 29 Feb 2024
Rated 07 Mar 2023
55
26th
The problem with this movie is that whereas WKW in his best movies, particularly In the Mood for Love, exaggerates small gestures to point at the big things left unsaid, here he exaggerates small gestures to point at very obvious and trite things, and that just falls flat. (Also, Jude Law acts as if he had been told to act Jude Law acting.)
Rated 07 Mar 2023
Rated 25 Jul 2022
35
17th
Set an interesting mood and spoil it with dialogues and shots that don't fit. Repeat.
Rated 25 Jul 2022
Rated 10 Apr 2021
65
38th
Divergent quality in the form of beautiful colors and the worst Natalie Portman role ever.
Rated 10 Apr 2021
Rated 05 Jul 2020
60
33rd
not great, no. but a bunch of things to cling to and admire, as Wong delivers his usual flair and penchant for pretty moments between scenes. also just: Natalie Portman.
Rated 05 Jul 2020
Rated 25 Apr 2019
2
21st
Urban nocturne, elevated trains screeching by, lonely and longing faces, aglow in neon wash and suspended in framey slow-motion. It certainly looks like a Wong film, but the translation into Americana is somewhat inauthentic and unappealing. Perhaps his romantic expressions - usually saccharine anyway - just don't sound great in English, or perhaps it's that Jones and Law simply don't have the chops. Probably both. The middle section featuring Strathairn and Weisz is the most tolerable.
Rated 25 Apr 2019
Rated 15 Dec 2018
67
75th
This is what happens when one strips away all the context that makes Wong's Hong Kong romances such heart-wrenching meditations on the temporality of love and place. Still worth watching.
Rated 15 Dec 2018
Rated 11 Feb 2018
40
7th
(Viewed in 2014): Are the flaws in M.B.N endemic to Wong's style, or are they simply the wayward result of a misguided act of cultural transference? In short, are his sensibilities incompatible with American culture or at least hard to reconcile? Perhaps he struggled to direct a film in English, but M.B.N is an uncharacteristically weak romance from him that has no standout moments or performances and just reeks of contrivance. Jones is lovely, but she can't act. For hardcore Wong fans only.
Rated 11 Feb 2018
Rated 21 Sep 2014
80
59th
fofo, meio forçado pra ser indie e mais do mesmo; fofo, gostei
Rated 21 Sep 2014
Rated 21 Apr 2014
92
93rd
I didn't find this bland or dull at all - and call me crazy, I liked this more than In the Mood For Love - because I think I'm in love with this movie.
Rated 21 Apr 2014
Rated 24 Dec 2013
70
44th
A strange one from Wong. Not for its content, all his trademarks are here, but rather because it doesn't all come together perfectly. For his first film in America he's embracing that American tradition of the road movie and never fully gets it leapfroging from place to place without any real feeling of progression. This isn't helped by Norah Jones as when we get to the end we're told she's changed and yet we see no change in her performance. As watchable and gorgeous as it is forgettable.
Rated 24 Dec 2013
Rated 03 Nov 2013
70
77th
My Blueberry Nights is something foreign. By that I mean that it would be highly praised had it not starred American actors speaking English. It is based on a short film also directed by Wong Kar-wai -- that one in Chinese -- so that's likely where that feeling comes from. For what it's worth, this is a film that has enough to say to justify its rather brief running time, and sustains itself thanks to the dialogue and the situations presented within. It looks and feels different. I enjoyed it.
Rated 03 Nov 2013
Rated 07 Jan 2013
75
77th
7+ highly recommended
Rated 07 Jan 2013
Rated 30 Nov 2012
50
28th
There's a curious mismatch between the surface of the movie and what lies beneath it. Wong's technique is layered and detailed like a couture gown, but the story it hangs on is as generic as a seamstress's dress form.
Rated 30 Nov 2012
Rated 26 Oct 2012
48
18th
* Casting, Acting : 7
* Script : 2
* Directing, Aura : 7
* Ease of Viewing : 3
* Naked Eye : 5
Rated 26 Oct 2012
Rated 22 May 2012
75
68th
pure expressionism
Rated 22 May 2012
Rated 21 Feb 2012
80
54th
Love story, very nice, very smart, a great movie.
Rated 21 Feb 2012
Rated 07 Feb 2012
47
22nd
Feels amateurish, like a student film at times. The slow motion doesn't work at all, it's just awkwardly put in. I didn't find any of the characters interesting, even Natalie Portman wasn't that great, and I usually love her. I did kind of like Jude Law though.
Rated 07 Feb 2012
Rated 27 Oct 2011
20
41st
"Every shot is painstakingly thought out, but less emphasis is placed on the human face than on the surfaces that reflect it and the objects that obscure it, and the overall effect is close to that of fetish art." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 27 Oct 2011
Rated 02 Sep 2011
85
37th
Jude Law is so cute and the kissing scene is very creative and romantic.
Rated 02 Sep 2011
Rated 23 Jul 2011
71
33rd
It's got all my favorite actresses and Norah Jones isn't bad, but there's not much of a script or story here. Wong Kar Wai needs to learn how to fill out a world and story, instead of just acting out a skeleton plot.
Rated 23 Jul 2011
Rated 28 Jun 2011
70
34th
Sub par drama whose highlights are only the scenes with Jude Law. Portman was really annoying and Strathairn was tolerable. The major flaw in this movie is with the constant slow motion with a choppy frame rate, I'm sure it was intentional, but that doesn't stop it from being horribly dissatisfying. The writing was iffy and the story wasn't that bad at all, but moving forward I wouldn't have high expectations for Wong.
Rated 28 Jun 2011
Rated 19 Mar 2011
70
39th
Weisz and Strathairn are delightful, Portman is spot on, but Jones and Law disappoint.
Rated 19 Mar 2011
Rated 05 Feb 2011
60
35th
I thought I hadn't seen any Wong Kar Wai films but then I remembered I saw this. A little disappointing considering that. Pretty bland, excluding visuals. I have to think twice when rating movies that quickly slipped out of my memory. Maybe should rewatch. Meh.
Rated 05 Feb 2011
Rated 03 Feb 2011
70
17th
Pretty colours and nice soundtrack, but it all seems to be a facade to disguise the crippled, languid pacing which draws this series of vignettes out from 20 minutes of material to a full 90-minute feature. The characters were disappointingly cardboardish. Also, what's with all the cheap-ass slow motion? There ought to be 24 distinct frames in each second, and Wong is unable to deliver on this.
Rated 03 Feb 2011
Rated 10 Jan 2011
5
0th
In My Blueberry Nights, Wong Kar-wai's first American-set, English-language film -- and his first feature shot on video -- the Hong Kong filmmaker has achieved a ravishing, triple triumph.
Rated 10 Jan 2011
Rated 03 Jan 2011
60
21st
Another one of those movies that doesn't really have a point A to point B type of plot; it's more about the journey than the destination. Nice debut from Norah Jones with a few good scenes, but just an okay movie overall. I didn't dislike it, but it wasn't all that interesting.
Rated 03 Jan 2011
Rated 17 Sep 2010
27
18th
A movie that is so obviously about cinematic style shouldn't be so careless about aesthetics. Although wonderfully filmed, the visual content is just plain ugly.
Rated 17 Sep 2010
Rated 09 Sep 2010
2
3rd
Wow, among WKW's worst. They weren't joking. Natalie Portman was decent, but Norah Jones was so intolerable and so was Jude Law.
Rated 09 Sep 2010
Rated 18 Aug 2010
80
68th
A pretty solid movie. The beginning, in the cafe with Norah Jones and Jude Law is the high point of the film. Hands down. I expected this to be the battle of the bad fake accents, but in the context of the movie nothing was really that bad. Some parts kinda fall flat. I wasn't a fan of the Natalie Portman gambling bit, but everything else is quite strong. I should also say that the film is visually gorgeous, and has inspired me to look into Wong's previous work.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
Rated 08 Aug 2010
27
23rd
#08#, story, (reviews), Natalie P!, Rachel W, (J Law)
Rated 08 Aug 2010
Rated 01 Jul 2010
80
35th
Loved its beautiful imagery and sweet poignancy. Hated Weisz's overacting (maybe I'm alone in this, but she just grated on my nerves), while I found Jones's naiveté a bit sweet and refreshing. Yes, it doesn't measure up to the brilliant Chungking Express, which I couldn't help but be reminded of, but it can stand on its own.
Rated 01 Jul 2010
Rated 30 Jun 2010
5
81st
I fought it all the way but Wong got me again. bastard. I still hope to never see Norah Jones in another movie.
Rated 30 Jun 2010
Rated 06 Mar 2010
30
2nd
I hated this movie. I hated the framing with things always in the way of the main subject and the plot was lifeless and dull. I struggled to stay awake.
Rated 06 Mar 2010
Rated 05 Jul 2009
85
88th
I'm not one of the snobs who is about to rate a movie low for being in English. There's too much Rachel Weisz, that's obvious. And Norah Jones plays a Natalie Portman role, even though Natalie is in the film. But it's Wong Kar Wai. And he's the master.
Rated 05 Jul 2009
Rated 20 Jun 2009
74
50th
In many ways, WKW is rehashing Chungking Express. Melancholy stories of doomed/fractured romance, centered around eateries, meaningful scrap of paper tacked up as a memento, repeated use of a song, food metaphors, one-way communications, mildly compulsive behavior, voice-over narration, pop star in a major role, etc. Doesn't quite measure up to Chungking, though. The script is loaded with profound little observations. Jones manages to hold her own, but Law exudes phoniness. Still, it wasn't bad.
Rated 20 Jun 2009
Rated 30 Apr 2009
80
57th
The film slips a bit in the last third, but MBN contains some of the most beautiful shots in any Wong Kar Wai to date.
Rated 30 Apr 2009
Rated 06 Sep 2008
60
27th
Sexy, visually stimulating and pushed along by a top-notch cast, this should have been a more engaging experience -- if it weren't so painfully slow and melodramatic.
Rated 06 Sep 2008
Rated 23 Jul 2008
67
65th
Yeah, not Wong's best film. But so what? He can clean the floor with pretty much any other director out there...
Rated 23 Jul 2008
Rated 12 Jul 2008
83
61st
Norah Jones has to improve.
Rated 12 Jul 2008
Rated 21 Jun 2008
73
70th
Nice moody flick. Camera is sort of peeping into character's life (outslide the window, behind the bars), just as our protagonist. The Vegas part was cheesy, otherwise I liked the story a lot. Weisz is same time hot and professional actress as always. By the way, the Russian word in a door of Jude Law's cafe translates in English just "key". :7
Rated 21 Jun 2008
Rated 19 May 2008
54
37th
Not bad. I actually felt that, as a film, it wasn't that great. But as a visual piece, there was a lot of really cool looking stuff (granted, some of it looked like it was stolen from an Amex ad). The performances by the name stars were all pretty forced and over the top (EVERYBODY has an accent?), but it was Norah Jones, with her Naiveté way and overwhelmed look, who really made me enjoy this. Again, not a great film, but a very enjoyable trip that made me leave with a smile.
Rated 19 May 2008
Rated 17 May 2008
72
40th
Norah Jones is a great singer, but not a good actor, unfortunately.
Rated 17 May 2008
Rated 08 May 2008
70
57th
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Rated 08 May 2008
Rated 08 Apr 2008
70
10th
disappointing for wang kar wai fans, but good way to introduce himself &his style to everyday folks in the states
Rated 08 Apr 2008
Rated 11 Mar 2008
86
54th
I never expected to watch Cat Power as Katia. "Still rolling your old cigarette?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzKDMRzIOSs I will never forget the scene.
Rated 11 Mar 2008
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